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sharia

See also: shari'a

English

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Noun

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sharia (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of shari'a.
    • 2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 276:
      After all, Usamah had served the sadist Zangi and, if read in full, his account presents a picture of Islamic violence no less shocking to modern sensibilities: the collecting of Christian heads, the crucifying and bisections of their own soldiers and heretics, the severe punishments of Islamic sharia – and the story of how his father, in a rage, lopped off the arm of his page.

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Danish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa, literally “path, way”).

Noun

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sharia (singular definite -, plural indefinite sharia)

  1. (Islam) shari'a
    • 2015, Jørgen Christensen, Muhammed-tegningerne, demokratiet og sikkerhedspolitikken, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 201:
      ”Sharia er ikke hele islam. Sharia er menneskeskabte fortolkninger af Koranen udformet i løbet af ...
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    • 2012, Aminah Tønnsen, Tror muslimer at jorden er flad?: 100 spørgsmål og svar om islam i det 21. århundrede, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
      Ordet sharia forekommer kun et enkelt sted i Koranen, hvoraf det tilmed tydeligt fremgår, at der  ...
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    • 2002, Torben Bramming, Hvad er et folk?: overvejelser over folkets danske og europæiske identitet, →ISBN:
      Sharia er måden, hvorpå man tolker koranen, så den kan give vejledning og retledning i moderne tider, hvor man ikke umiddelbart kan finde det problem, man står med, omtalt i koranen.
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Italian

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Etymology

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From Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa, literally “path, way”).

Noun

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sharia f (invariable)

  1. (Islam) shari'a

Portuguese

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Noun

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sharia f (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of xaria

Spanish

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Noun

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sharia f (plural sharias)

  1. sharia

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Swedish

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Noun

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sharia c

  1. (Islam) sharia, shari'a

Declension

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Declension of sharia 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative sharia sharian — —
Genitive sharias sharians — —

Derived terms

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from Arabic شَرِيعَة (šarīʕa, literally “path, way”), possibly via Spanish sharia or English sharia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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sharia (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜇᜒᜌ) (Islam)

  1. shari'a (Islamic religious law)

Further reading

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  • “sharia”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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